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CITY OF LAKEVILLE
.RESOLUTION NO. of-199
RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTIGfPATING IN
THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTNES ACCOUNT PROGRAM"
UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES AGT
CALANDER YEAR 2002
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statutes Section 473.25 to
473.254). establishes a Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund. which is intended to address
housing and other development issues facing the metropolitan area. defined by Minnesota
Statutes section 473.121; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund; comprisingthe Tax.Base
RevitalizationAccount, the Livable Communities Demonstration Account, the Local Housing
Incentive Account, and the inclusionary Housing Account is intended to provide certain funding
..and. other assistance to metropolitan area municipalities; and
WHEREAS, a metropolitan. area municipality is not eligible to receive grants or loans under the
Metropolitan Livable Communities .Fund or eligible to receive certain polluted sites cleanup
• funding #rom the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development unless the
municipality is participating in the Local-Housing Incentives Account Program under the
Minnesota Statutes section 473.254; and
WHEREAS, he Metropolitan. Livable Communities Act requires the Metropolitan Council to
negotiate with each `municipality to establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for that
municipality that are consistent with and promote thepolicies of the Metropolitan Council as
provided in the adopted Metropolitan Development Guide; and
WHEREAS, each municipality must identify#o the Metropolitan Council the actions the.
municipality plans to take to meet the established housing_ goals through preparation of the
Housing-Action Plan;. and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council adopted, by resolution after a public hearing, negotiated
affordable life-cycle housing goals for each participating municipality; and
WHEREAS, a metropolitan area municipality which elects to participate in the Local Housing
Incentives Account Program .must. do so by November 15th of each. year; and
WHEREAS, for calendar year 2002, a metropolitan area municipality that participated in the
Local Housing Incentives Account. Program during the calendar year2001 can continue to
participate under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254 if: (a)` the municipality elects to participate
in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program by November 15, 2001; and (b) the
Metropolitan Council and the municipality have successfully negotiated affordable and life-cycle
housing goals for the municipality.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED_THAT the City of Lakeville hereby elects to participate
in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program under the Metropolitan Livable Communities
Act during the calendar year 2002.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED his 5th day of November, 2001.
CITY OF LAKEVILLE
BY: BY:
obert D. Joh on, Mayor Charlene Friedges, Ci Clerk
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